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I gave mine away 2 years ago because I was consuming a 1 1/2 pound loaf everyday...chocolate chip bread one day, pumpernickel the next, asiago cheese bread on Wednesdays, garlic bread on Thursdays, etc. etc. For me, the more bread I ate...the more bread (carbs) I craved. I miss my bread machine but I love not having that "dough bloat". Yeah, the Pillsbury dough boy is cute...but not in a swimsuit.

Originally posted by misskitty5077 I find it to be too much trouble to plan that far ahead and actually get the thing going;g

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I would dump all the ingredients in at bedtime...chocolate chips, pecans, flour, yeast, water...and when I would wake in the morning the whole kitchen would smell like fresh baked bread...I'd eat a big chunk standing at the counter and eat the rest during my commute...by the time I'd get to work I was practically in a dough-coma.

Originally posted by Nestor Maybe stupid question, but how much you have to pay for new one?

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Not stupid at all!

Depending on the make, model & features, I have saw machines as cheap as $40 at Wal-Mart up to $250 at high-end kitchen stores recently. Some even make jams and apple butter! You can get a good one for less than $100, I'm sure. Mine was a gift several years ago so I am not too sure about specifics on today's makes, models and pricing.

I got a nice one for a wedding gift from my sister and in the year that I've had it, I've used it exactly twice. It sits on my counter and it's out of the way, so I don't mind, but I really don't use it much.

I love good bread, too, so I'm not sure why I never use it. I guess I'm just not in the habit.

How much do the ingredients cost to make a fairly standard loaf of bread in one of these machines?

Considering I could buy a fresh bread at a bakery for $2-3, would it be worth it to spend $100 on a machine, then have to purchase the stuff to make it each time?

I also wonder if it will suffer the same fate as our juicer.
It went from being used continuously, to sitting on the counter unused, to being shoved in some cabinet, to I have no idea where it even is now.^8

A bread machine is one of those pieces of equipment that I bet you could get cheap on Ebay because it is a novelty for a while, then for a lot of people (like Dragline) it just never gets used again. I'd check first for a used one rather than springing for a new one.

We have two (my wife already had one & we received one as a wedding gift), but so far I am not impressed. My wife has only made bread a few times, and while the bread was very good, it did not knock my socks off. I love to cook, but have not tried making bread yet.

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